Knife-rack.



PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904.

S. GARY. Y KNIFE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

' part of the base.

Patented August 23, 1904. Y

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

SHELDON CARY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 768,266, dated August23, 1904.

4 Application iiled April 9, 1904. Serial ND. 202,345. (No model.)

To all 1jr/71,0111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, A SnnLDoN GARY, a citi- Zen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have inventedcertainnew and useful Improvements in Knife-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accom-v panyingdrawings, forming-part of the same,

`in whiching knives in a place convenient for use; and

it consists in the combinations of elements more particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, R is the rack, and K isa knife suspended therein. Therack, though usually made in only two pieces, consists of a base B,sometimes of wood, which may be aplain piece of board of suitablethickness-onefourth of an inch will answer-for the main If for oneknife, it is of a length preferably as great or greater than the bladeof the knife to be suspended and a width equal to or greater thanvthewidth of such blade. If (as usually made) it is intended to hold morethan one knife, the width will be correspondingly greater and the lengthsuch as to accommodate the longest knife. Near but not at the upper endit is provided with a cross-bar C, preferably setV parallel with theupper edge and so secured to the base as to leave a space slightlygreater than the thickness of the knife-blade between it andthe upperface of base B.

At the upper end the base is thickened or raised so that its inner edgee will project farther from the main face of the base than the .plane ofthe inner face 0 of the cross-bar,

in them I usually make perforations to receivey supporting-screws skforsecuring the rack in the desired position. The upper edge of the base'isformed to constitute al seat'for the guard or escutcheon of the knife.

It will be noticed that since the base extends up above the cross-bar aknife may be very readily inserted in the desired position. There neednot be the care to put its point in the opening between the base andthev cross-bar that would be requisite were the bar even With the top.One lpoints the knife toward its position, moves it that way, the pointstrikes the base between the guards g` and is guided by theloasedirectly into the opening and behind the cross-bar. It may be placed inposition even in the dark, and time is saved and accidents avoided,since there is little or no danger of striking the upper edge of eitherthe lingers to cut them'or knocking it out of the hand, as wouldprobably often occur if theV bar were Vlevel with the upper edge of thebase. Again, the guards or partitions g also assist in guiding the knifetoplace, and they, furthermore, so guard the blade that things do notcatch or strike against it. Cloth ing and hands are thus both preventedfrom being injured, and as these racks are 'usually placed where womenpass very frequently this point is of no small importance. Theprojection of the base at e is' also important. If the knife be merelyset vertically in the slot, the handle may project so far as to strikeagainst the wall-above the base, but the slant given to it by projectingthe base at c to a-point beyond the vertical plane of the inner face ofthe bar will throw the handle out, so as to permit the use. of a verythin base. Agairuif the knife base or bar and forcing the knife backthrough be set vertically it will wabble, which is obn jectionable astending to dull it, and, further, on account of the noise createdin casethe rack is struck or in case itis secured, as sometimes it is, on theside of a closet or other door. This might to some extent be avoided bydropping the knife to a point where the guard or escutcheon is below thetop of the TOO base; but that is objectionable, as in that case theknife would be wedged Yin between the base and the bar, which would beliable to spring the blade to such a degree that it would becomepermanently curved. This is avoided by my arrangement described, thecombined result being such that the rack meets the requirements andmakes a simple, complete, and effective device. Furthermore, it is onewhich can be very readily and economically made. A gang-cutter being rundown a board will cut out the spaces between the guides g, leaving themand also making the proper slant to leave part e properly projected.Saw-cuts separate the proper length and make the slots across the topsof guards g for'the cross-bars, and the setting of that bar and theboring of the holes for the suspending-screws complete the device.

l/Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, a kniferack composed of a base, aresting edge, guards on the sides of the knife-space,` a cross-barsecured to the base below the upper edge thereof, but with an openingbetween them, and a projection above the cross-bar which extends forwardto a point beyond the vertical plane of the inner face of the cross-bar,all combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 2. As a newarticle of manufacture, a kniferack composed of a base divided\fertieally into a series of knife-spaces, guards on each side of saidknife-spaces, a resting edge upon the base, and a cross-bar secured tothe base be low the upper edge thereof but with an opening between saidbase and said eross-bar substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereofl have signed ln y name to thisspeeiication, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, this Qsith day of March,

SHELDON CARY. Witnesses A. Gr. N. VERMILYA, L. D. CHURCH.

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